Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-29
THE JANITOR'S FEES.
PeRQulSlTeS ROLL IN FAST ENOUGH
TO MAKE HIM RICH.

An Income which Would Make Almost
Any Man H~sppy-The Flat Janitor an
Autocrat Whose vengeaur. Is Not to
BE Dsspised.
A good authorship is well worth having.
There may not be much glory in it, but it
produces lots Of money. When Alderman
Tom Cleary went on the witness stand the
other day TO make out the best case he
could for himself, he said that his income
as janitor Of the Equitable Life building
fooled up about 5000 month, and that he
made S2ij a month more by looking after
other buildings. His janitorial earnings
therefore, came very near Sli,OOO a year.
There are hundreds Of hard worked law
ysrs, doctors, professors, ministers, jour
nalists, artists and other educated brain
toilers in New York who would be glad TO
earn half of that. Indeed, a third Of II
would make a good many brain workers
happy. Tie professional man Of any call
ing who is sure of 5000 a year is on the
lucky side. OF course there are some who
make a great deal more, especially law
yers and doctors, but they are the few.
The many are more likely to be below the
5000 mark than above IL. The mayor
Of New York gets a salary Of $4,000, and
q Judge Of the United States supreme
court receives $1,000, while Tom Cleary
could pick up nearly $4,000 ms a ~janitor.
REGULAR APPUETENANCEs.
But there are not many janitorships as
profitable as his-probably o another.
AL the large office buildings have ~ianitors
as regular ap~purtenances, but the post in
the Equitable building is apparently the
best IL all. Others are good for $4,000
to $1,000 OF Sl2, 900. The actual salary
Is not large in any case, but il is moi the
salary that counts, but the perquisites, a
man could make money, a good deal Of
money, by taking the janitOrship OF n
large Office building for nothing and de-
pending on the perquisites alone. Allthe
tenants find IL desirable 10 he on the right
side Of the %janitor, all the help employed
by him ditto. and every person furnishing
supplies Of any kind or doing work Of any
kind knows that he must make il all
right with the ianitor or find himself
dropped very o
II is in the big uptown flats, though,
that the janitor is an autocrat in earnest.
A Janitor is as necessary In n fiat rs n
porter in a large store. There l. a great
deal of work TO he done 10 keep the place
in order and the ~janitor is there Ia do il.
Most Of the tenants believe he Is also
there TO make their lives rs wretched as
possible. They probably never see the
landlord at all. and the agent only once a
month. when he calls for the rent, but
the ~janitor is always with them. Neither
by day nor 10y night can they escape his
haunting presence. II is the special pc
culiarity Of the flat janitor 10 be always
on the make. and he finds n thousand
ways to make this perfectly clear to all
who came IN contact with him. II u ten.
ant wants any little matter attended 10, he
discovers very soon that the janitOr re.
CARDS il as IN extra, 10 be considered only
in connection with spot cash. The sum
total may he only a dime, or possibly a
quarter, but dimes and quarters make
dollars, and the ~janitor has a frugal mind
THE MATTER OF SUPPLIES.